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CategoriesWind farms The Egyptian vulture Vultures Press release Griffon vulture Environmental licensing Rhodope

New Wind Farms in Rhodope threaten vultures and other protected bird species

New Wind Farms in Rhodope Mountains Threaten Vultures and Other Protected Birds On July 25, the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia-Thrace approved the construction and operation of three Wind Farms for the Production of Electricity (ASPHE) in the Kompsatos Valley, a critical habitat for important and sensitive protected birds such as the Egyptian Vulture, the Black Vulture, the Vulture, the White-tailed Eagle […]

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CategoriesWind farms Birds of prey Vultures Press release Events Thrace Cinereous vulture TOP NEWS Griffon vulture Environmental licensing Environmental legislation Cumulative impact Flora

What should we be most concerned about? The environmental impacts of each wind turbine separately or all together, current and future?

What should worry us more? The impacts on nature of each wind farm individually or all of them together, current and future? For the first time in Greece, the cumulative impacts of the Thrace wind farms on species and habitats were assessed through a program implemented by the Thrace Biodiversity Protection Society (EPBTH). An important resource is added to the quiver of those involved […]

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CategoriesWind farms Evros Events Thrace TOP NEWS Xanthi Environmental licensing Environmental legislation Rhodope Seminars Cumulative impact

Seminars on the legal framework regarding the environmental licensing of wind farms in Alexandroupoli, Komotini and Xanthi

Seminars on the legal framework for the environmental permitting of ASPIE in Alexandroupolis, Komotini and Xanthi Both EU and national legislation provide for specific procedures for the assessment of the impacts (including cumulative) of ASPIE* projects in the context of environmental permitting in order to ensure that the climate objectives for clean energy will be achieved […]

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CategoriesWind farms Vultures Press release Thrace Cinereous vulture Rhodope

Another cinereous vulture recorded as victim of wind turbines in Thrace-Greece

Another black vulture victim of wind turbine collision in Thrace On April 30, a black vulture flying in the Drosia Rhodope area crashed into a wind turbine of a four-turbine wind farm located in the «Filiouri Valley» Important Bird Area. The black vulture was located thanks to the satellite transmitter it carried on its back three days after […]

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Cumulative effects of wind farms: a new study by the SPBT aims to provide answers to unanswered questions

Cumulative impacts of wind farms: new study by the Hellenic National Institute of Biodiversity aims to provide answers to unanswered questions It is known that wind farms pose a potential risk of death for birds when they are in their flight paths. However, how significant is this risk in practice and what are the real impacts of wind farms for electricity production […]

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